From what I understand of the USPS these days, they don't generally run a truck from the "Grumpyville A" office to the "Grumpyville B" office.They run from "Grumpyville A" to "Grumpyville regional hub" to "Grumpyville B".

Now, here in Columbus, we're big enough that our regional hub is in town. From downtown, it would go 5 miles or so to the airport sorting facility, then 7 miles or so to the address.

But if Grumpyville doesn't HAVE a sorting facility of it's own, and it's between two sorting facilities, it's (barely) possible that the routing might be Grumpyville A to sorting facility south of Grumpyville to sorting facility north of Grumpyville to Grumpyville B. And the trip between sorting facilities would be by plane for a letter....

(I have seen some VERY strange routings for Fed Ex - from southern Ohio to Lexington before coming back for delivery in central Ohio, for example...)

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